allover

adj

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"allover" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“allover” is uncommon English (frequency #93,388 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,388
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of all-over.

Corpus desk

Index EN-allover · allover · English

allover · rank #93,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,388
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH alvar

Nearest frequency peer: alvar (+3 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “allover”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “allover” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for allover
PropertyValue
Headwordallover
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#93,388
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “allover” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).alloverfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “alvar” (#93,391), “Aldebaran” (#93,382), “Americus” (#93,394). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “allover” is #93,388. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

allover is uncommon English at frequency #93,388 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of all-over.".

No misspelling variants are generated for allover in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over. The correct English form is allover, spelled A-L-L-O-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of all-over.

Etymology

From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "allover"?
"allover" is spelled A-L-L-O-V-E-R.
What does "allover" mean?
As an adjective, "allover" means: Alternative spelling of all-over.
What is the origin of the word "allover"?
From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "allover", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anthill#93,399Arakawa#93,404Badajoz#93,424Zellner#93,351

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list